The Utah High School Activities Association has named this year’s Academic All-State recipients for fall sports with the exception of football. Here are the winners from Granite School District:
GIRLS
Jennifer Li, Skyline High – Tennis
Lauren Monson, Skyline High – Cross Country
Jessica Anstee, Skyline High – Cross Country
Antonia Gooch, Cottonwood High – Soccer
Kora Temme, Cottonwood High – Soccer
Abby Oligario, Taylorsville High – Soccer
Vivan H. Nguyen, Taylorsville High – Cross Country
BOYS
Jonathan White, Skyline High – Golf
Robert Merley, Skyline High – Golf
Nickola Todorov, Skyline High – Cross Country
Jack Evans, Skyline High – Cross Country
Daniel Netelbeek, Cottonwood High – Golf
Jacob Reschke, Cottonwood High – Cross Country
Nathan Stringham, Olympus High – Cross Country
Daniel Betrand, Taylorsville High – Cross Country
State tournaments were recently played for boys golf and girls tennis. Olympus High School took second place in girls tennis and fifth place in boys golf. Skyline placed sixth in the state for tennis.
Megan Bell and Haleigh Downing of Olympus High took the state title for Doubles tennis, and Sarah Cassell of Skyline High was crowned champion in 3rd Singles.
Cassidy Brown of Cottonwood High made it to the semifinals in the 5A 2nd Singles tournament, and Victoria Hekking, also of Cottonwood, finished in the top four in 3rd Singles.
Emily Watts of Olympus High finished in the top four in 4A 3rd singles, while Hannah Durah and Zaylie Collins made it to the semifinals of the 2nd doubles
How does a student qualify for academic all-state in sports?
When students meet the criteria for the award, coaches submit their names to administrators who pass on the nominations to the Utah High School Activities Association. The Association then selects the winners.
You referred to a criteria for the award. What is the specific criteria or where can it be found?
Here’s a link to the Utah High School Activities Association nomination form. It lists the criteria.
http://uhsaa.org/forms/allstate.pdf